No one thought cows could catch flu; herds in Idaho have been infected twice with this strain, setting up worry that the virus could circulate endlessly on farms. There are no vaccines.

St. Jude and WHO said they’d begun delivering lifesaving medicines for children with cancer in pilot countries Mongolia and Uzbekistan, with the next shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia. 

The new clinic for veterans in Millington will be the tenth community-based outpatient clinic under the Memphis VA Healthcare System umbrella, which covers 53 counties in West Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas and North Mississippi. 

Former small-town dentist Dr. Phil Wenk was the CEO of Delta Dental, the only dentist to be inducted into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame and led the UTHSC advisory board since its inception. 

When Zelda Fitzgerald Hill’s mother struggled to care for his father who had Alzheimer’s disease, he and his sisters stepped in to divvy responsibilities and provide their mother with support.

Regional One Health’s new billion-dollar hospital, which will be built on The Commercial Appeal’s former campus, could forge a new gateway to Downtown and help generate more business and residential activity.

A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.

A new agreement will allow Shelby County Health Department to provide screenings, treatment, preventative care and education to public middle and high school students, whose HIV infection rates are rising at an alarming rate. 

As the U.S. surgeon general raises the alarm about the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, the “sober curious” are seeing the benefits of abstaining.

The park has been the site of events like fitness classes, happy hour, festivals and A Taste of the District, which spotlights local restaurants. 

The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years. 

A downgrade signals to the investment community that the financial performance has changed enough that the probability the hospital will not be able pay its debt has gone up, said an assistant professor in finance at the University of Memphis.

Shelby County Crime Victims and Rape Crisis Center has been named a center of excellence for its forensic nursing program and will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Justice to train more nurse examiners. 

The new location not only boasts a bigger rehab space, astro turf and more accessible exam rooms but also convenience.

The new $34 million wellness crisis center in Binghampton is the first phase of Alliance Healthcare Services’ new wellness campus, which will later include an $11 million children’s crisis center. 

Memphis entrepreneur Sam Nelson, 41, owns a company that supplies the staff for corporate wellness programs in all 50 U.S. states. 

Unless the government intervenes to lower the price or forces insurers to cover the drugs, they will remain out of range for many people.

After filming on “The Ultimate Gift Wrapping Challenge” wrapped in Pennsylvania, Vanessa West and Adrienne Myers met again — this time back home in Memphis over lunch at La Baguette. 

Morris brings more than 30 years of experience to Lakeside, a 55-year-old hospital specializing in behavioral health care and addiction treatment for Mid-South patients. 

People familiar with the restaurant said the concept could be an upscale steakhouse similar to the Tekila location at the Nineteenth Century Club building at 1433 Union Ave. 

After three months of intensive work in Epicenter’s ZeroTo510 Accelerator, the founders of four med tech startups are gearing up to showcase their innovations at a Downtown event on Thursday, Dec. 12. 

Maria Megdal comes to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital from Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and will oversee a number of departments vital to the hospital’s operations.

He is its sixth leader since ALSAC’s founding in 1957 and credited with nearly quadrupling gifts to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.